Attorney General Loretta Lynch addresses the spike in the number of hate crimes in America.
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Ally Financial Pays $52 Million for Selling “Toxic” Mortgage Backed Securities
LOS ANGELES Ally Financial Inc. has agreed to pay the federal government $52 million to settle allegations that its subsidiaries acted improperly in relation to 10 subprime residential mortgage backed securities in…
Man Stole $1 Million Through Consumer Credit Card Debt Relief Services
LOS ANGELES A Newport Beach man was sentenced Monday with a fraudulent debt relief firm. The Justice Department and U.S. Postal Inspection Service said John Vartanian, 57, worked at Nelson Gamble…
JP Morgan Bank Pays $72 Million for Corrupt Hiring Through Bribery in China
NEW YORK JP Morgan of Hong Kong will pay $72 million as a penalty for corrupt hiring scheme in China, according to officials. JPMorgan Securities Limited , a Hong Kong-based subsidiary of…
Doctor Fugitive for 14 Years and Faked Death Charged with Health Care Fraud
LOS ANGELES A doctor who was facing charges in a federal health care fraud case when he fled the United States 14 years ago and faked his own death in Russia…
Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking 15-Year-Old Girl
LOS ANGELES A Compton man who admitted to sex trafficking a 15-year-old girl, subjecting her to a month of sexual abuse, and advertising the victim as a prostitute. was sentenced today…
Four Sentenced for Operating Bogus Credit Card Repair Scam
LOS ANGELES Four defendants sentenced Monday in federal court in Orange County offered to settle credit cards debts but instead took victims’ payments as undisclosed up-front fees, according to officials. The defendants…
Passerby Shoots, Kills Suspect Who Was Brutally Beating Deputy
ESTERO, FLORIDA A passerby shot and killed a person who was fighting with a Lee County Sheriff’s Office deputy on Interstate 75 Monday morning. Deputy First Class Dean Bardes, a 12-year-veteran, was…
Three Minnesota Men Sentenced for Trying to Help ISIS
MINNESOTA Three men were sentenced Monday in federal court for conspiring to help the terrorist organization ISIS. Abdullahi Yusuf, 20, of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, was sentenced to 20 years supervised release….
Brothers Guilty of illegally Possessing 33 Machine Guns and other Weapons
SANTA ANA, CALIF. Two brothers plead guilty to federal weapons charges related to nearly three dozen machine guns, as well as short-barrel shotguns and silencers, that were found at their residence by…
Feds: 29 Gang Members or Associates Charged With Murder, Drugs and Other Crimes
LOS ANGELES Authorities have arrested 17 members and associates of the Wilmas street gang who are named in a federal racketeering indictment. It alleges acts of murder, attempted murder, narcotics trafficking,…
Former Immigration Officer Sentenced to Nearly Three Years for Bribery
LOS ANGELES A federal judge sentenced a former immigration services officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services who had the power to approve applications for citizenship to 33 months in federal prison…